prospector
10-17-2008, 07:18 PM
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, embroiled in an adultery scandal and a tight race for re-election, admitted Friday to having at least two affairs but insisted he broke no laws and did not violate his oath of office.
The first-term Democrat conceded that one of the affairs began as he was running on a family values platform:bang: to replace Mark Foley, a Republican who resigned amid revelations that he sent lurid Internet messages to male pages who had worked on Capitol Hill (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,440183,00.html#) as teenagers.
Mahoney, 52, apologized to his wife, his daughter and his constituents, even as he maintained he hadn't been hypocritical.
"I can understand why people would feel that way and for those people, all I can say is, 'I'm sorry I let you down,"' Mahoney said in his first set of interviews since news broke earlier this week that he had a sexual relationship with Patricia Allen, 50, whom he met while campaigning in 2006.
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The first-term Democrat conceded that one of the affairs began as he was running on a family values platform:bang: to replace Mark Foley, a Republican who resigned amid revelations that he sent lurid Internet messages to male pages who had worked on Capitol Hill (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,440183,00.html#) as teenagers.
Mahoney, 52, apologized to his wife, his daughter and his constituents, even as he maintained he hadn't been hypocritical.
"I can understand why people would feel that way and for those people, all I can say is, 'I'm sorry I let you down,"' Mahoney said in his first set of interviews since news broke earlier this week that he had a sexual relationship with Patricia Allen, 50, whom he met while campaigning in 2006.
~~the rest at the following link~~
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j8SjoKSFxLQVMVHRTLj6tq6DwgfgD93SGCQO0